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Nonagon

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Regular nonagon (enneagon)
A regular nonagon (enneagon)
TeepRegular polygon
Edges an vertices9
Schläfli seembol{9}
Coxeter diagram
Symmetry groupDihedral (Dih9), order 2×9
Internal angle (degrees)140°
Dual polygonself
Propertiesconvex, cyclic, equilateral, isogonal, isotoxal

In geometry, a nonagon /ˈnɒnəɡɒn/ (or enneagon /ˈɛnəɡɒn/) is a nine-sidit regular polygon.

The name "nonagon" is a prefix hybrid formation, frae Laitin (nonus, "ninth" gonon), uised equivalently, attestit already in the 16t century in French nonogone an in Inglis frae the 17t century. The name "enneagon" comes frae Greek enneagonon (εννεα, "nine" γωνον (from γωνία = "corner")), an is arguably mair correct, tho somewhit less common nor "nonagon".

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